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1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers Roster and Statistics

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45-37, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Jack Ramsay (45-37)

Points Per Game: 108.4 (14th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 107.1 (4th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-38 (10th of 22)

Arena: Memorial Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 519,306 (5th of 22)

SRS: 1.12 (11th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.4 (17th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 104.3 (11th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 103.1 (9th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (2-1) versus Phoenix Suns

1978-79 Portland Trail Blazers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
42 Kim Anderson F 6-7 200 May 12, 1955 R University of Missouri
10 Ron Brewer G 6-4 180 September 16, 1955 R University of Arkansas
23 T.R. Dunn G-F 6-4 192 February 1, 1955 1 University of Alabama
30 Bob Gross F-G 6-6 200 August 3, 1953 3 California State University, Long Beach
14 Lionel Hollins G 6-3 185 October 19, 1953 3 Arizona State University
44 Clemon Johnson C-F 6-10 240 September 12, 1956 R Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
20 Maurice Lucas F-C 6-9 215 February 18, 1952 4 Marquette University
5 Jim McMillian F 6-5 215 March 11, 1948 8 Columbia University
36 Lloyd Neal C-F 6-7 225 December 10, 1950 6 Tennessee State University
25 Tom Owens C-F 6-10 215 June 28, 1949 7 University of South Carolina
11 Willie Smith G 6-2 170 October 26, 1953 2 University of Missouri
15 Larry Steele G-F 6-5 180 May 5, 1949 7 University of Kentucky
33 Ira Terrell F-C 6-8 200 June 19, 1954 1 Southern Methodist University
43 Mychal Thompson C-F 6-10 226 January 30, 1955 R University of Minnesota
13 Dave Twardzik G 6-1 175 September 20, 1950 6 Old Dominion University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19780 3541 7338 .483 1806 2362 .765 1256 2435 3691 1946 776 512 1658 2187 8888 108.4
Opponent 82 19780 3448 7059 .488 1889 2501 .755 1080 2350 3430 1963 797 422 1650 2206 8785 107.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Tom Owens 29 82 2791 600 1095 .548 320 403 .794 263 477 740 301 59 58 247 329 1520
2 Maurice Lucas 26 69 2462 568 1208 .470 270 345 .783 192 524 716 215 66 81 233 254 1406
3 Ron Brewer 23 81 2454 434 878 .494 210 256 .820 88 141 229 165 102 79 153 181 1078
4 Mychal Thompson 24 73 2144 460 938 .490 154 269 .572 198 406 604 176 67 134 205 270 1074
5 Lionel Hollins 25 64 1967 402 886 .454 172 221 .778 32 117 149 325 114 24 223 199 976
6 Dave Twardzik 28 64 1570 203 381 .533 261 299 .873 39 80 119 176 84 4 127 185 667
7 T.R. Dunn 23 80 1828 246 549 .448 122 158 .772 145 199 344 103 86 23 93 166 614
8 Larry Steele 29 72 1488 203 483 .420 112 136 .824 58 113 171 142 74 10 96 208 518
9 Bob Gross 25 53 1441 209 443 .472 96 119 .807 106 144 250 184 70 47 121 161 514
10 Clemon Johnson 22 74 794 102 217 .470 36 74 .486 83 143 226 78 23 36 65 121 240
11 Jim McMillian 30 23 278 33 74 .446 17 21 .810 16 23 39 33 10 3 16 18 83
12 Ira Terrell 24 18 160 30 54 .556 8 15 .533 10 27 37 15 7 6 17 27 68
13 Kim Anderson 23 21 224 24 77 .312 15 28 .536 17 28 45 15 4 5 22 42 63
14 Willie Smith 25 13 131 23 44 .523 12 17 .706 7 6 13 17 10 1 14 19 58
15 Lloyd Neal 28 4 48 4 11 .364 1 1 1.000 2 7 9 1 0 1 6 7 9

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Maurice Lucas 26 69 35.7 8.2 17.5 .470 3.9 5.0 .783 2.8 7.6 10.4 3.1 1.0 1.2 3.4 3.7 20.4
2 Tom Owens 29 82 34.0 7.3 13.4 .548 3.9 4.9 .794 3.2 5.8 9.0 3.7 0.7 0.7 3.0 4.0 18.5
3 Lionel Hollins 25 64 30.7 6.3 13.8 .454 2.7 3.5 .778 0.5 1.8 2.3 5.1 1.8 0.4 3.5 3.1 15.3
4 Mychal Thompson 24 73 29.4 6.3 12.8 .490 2.1 3.7 .572 2.7 5.6 8.3 2.4 0.9 1.8 2.8 3.7 14.7
5 Ron Brewer 23 81 30.3 5.4 10.8 .494 2.6 3.2 .820 1.1 1.7 2.8 2.0 1.3 1.0 1.9 2.2 13.3
6 Dave Twardzik 28 64 24.5 3.2 6.0 .533 4.1 4.7 .873 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.8 1.3 0.1 2.0 2.9 10.4
7 Bob Gross 25 53 27.2 3.9 8.4 .472 1.8 2.2 .807 2.0 2.7 4.7 3.5 1.3 0.9 2.3 3.0 9.7
8 T.R. Dunn 23 80 22.9 3.1 6.9 .448 1.5 2.0 .772 1.8 2.5 4.3 1.3 1.1 0.3 1.2 2.1 7.7
9 Larry Steele 29 72 20.7 2.8 6.7 .420 1.6 1.9 .824 0.8 1.6 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.9 7.2
10 Willie Smith 25 13 10.1 1.8 3.4 .523 0.9 1.3 .706 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.1 1.1 1.5 4.5
11 Ira Terrell 24 18 8.9 1.7 3.0 .556 0.4 0.8 .533 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.5 3.8
12 Jim McMillian 30 23 12.1 1.4 3.2 .446 0.7 0.9 .810 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.8 3.6
13 Clemon Johnson 22 74 10.7 1.4 2.9 .470 0.5 1.0 .486 1.1 1.9 3.1 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.6 3.2
14 Kim Anderson 23 21 10.7 1.1 3.7 .312 0.7 1.3 .536 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.0 3.0
15 Lloyd Neal 28 4 12.0 1.0 2.8 .364 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.5 1.8 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.5 1.8 2.3

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Maurice Lucas 26 69 2462 8.3 17.7 .470 3.9 5.0 .783 2.8 7.7 10.5 3.1 1.0 1.2 3.4 3.7 20.6
2 Tom Owens 29 82 2791 7.7 14.1 .548 4.1 5.2 .794 3.4 6.2 9.5 3.9 0.8 0.7 3.2 4.2 19.6
3 Mychal Thompson 24 73 2144 7.7 15.8 .490 2.6 4.5 .572 3.3 6.8 10.1 3.0 1.1 2.3 3.4 4.5 18.0
4 Lionel Hollins 25 64 1967 7.4 16.2 .454 3.1 4.0 .778 0.6 2.1 2.7 5.9 2.1 0.4 4.1 3.6 17.9
5 Willie Smith 25 13 131 6.3 12.1 .523 3.3 4.7 .706 1.9 1.6 3.6 4.7 2.7 0.3 3.8 5.2 15.9
6 Ron Brewer 23 81 2454 6.4 12.9 .494 3.1 3.8 .820 1.3 2.1 3.4 2.4 1.5 1.2 2.2 2.7 15.8
7 Dave Twardzik 28 64 1570 4.7 8.7 .533 6.0 6.9 .873 0.9 1.8 2.7 4.0 1.9 0.1 2.9 4.2 15.3
8 Ira Terrell 24 18 160 6.8 12.2 .556 1.8 3.4 .533 2.3 6.1 8.3 3.4 1.6 1.4 3.8 6.1 15.3
9 Bob Gross 25 53 1441 5.2 11.1 .472 2.4 3.0 .807 2.6 3.6 6.2 4.6 1.7 1.2 3.0 4.0 12.8
10 Larry Steele 29 72 1488 4.9 11.7 .420 2.7 3.3 .824 1.4 2.7 4.1 3.4 1.8 0.2 2.3 5.0 12.5
11 T.R. Dunn 23 80 1828 4.8 10.8 .448 2.4 3.1 .772 2.9 3.9 6.8 2.0 1.7 0.5 1.8 3.3 12.1
12 Clemon Johnson 22 74 794 4.6 9.8 .470 1.6 3.4 .486 3.8 6.5 10.2 3.5 1.0 1.6 2.9 5.5 10.9
13 Jim McMillian 30 23 278 4.3 9.6 .446 2.2 2.7 .810 2.1 3.0 5.1 4.3 1.3 0.4 2.1 2.3 10.7
14 Kim Anderson 23 21 224 3.9 12.4 .312 2.4 4.5 .536 2.7 4.5 7.2 2.4 0.6 0.8 3.5 6.8 10.1
15 Lloyd Neal 28 4 48 3.0 8.2 .364 0.7 0.7 1.000 1.5 5.2 6.8 0.7 0.0 0.7 4.5 5.2 6.8

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Tom Owens 29 82 2791 19.9 .597 .548 10.3 19.2 14.7 15.9 1.0 1.2 16.3 21.5 115 104 7.4 3.0 10.4
2 Maurice Lucas 26 69 2462 18.4 .517 .470 8.6 24.0 16.2 13.1 1.2 1.8 14.6 25.5 103 101 2.9 3.3 6.2
3 Ron Brewer 23 81 2454 14.2 .544 .494 3.9 6.5 5.2 9.4 1.9 1.8 13.4 18.4 108 105 3.3 2.3 5.6
4 Dave Twardzik 28 64 1570 14.9 .651 .533 2.7 5.7 4.2 14.6 2.5 0.1 19.9 16.1 118 105 3.7 1.4 5.1
5 Mychal Thompson 24 73 2144 17.0 .508 .490 10.1 21.3 15.7 12.1 1.5 3.5 16.3 23.2 99 100 1.2 3.2 4.4
6 T.R. Dunn 23 80 1828 12.3 .496 .448 8.7 12.3 10.5 7.4 2.2 0.7 13.1 15.3 105 103 1.7 2.0 3.7
7 Bob Gross 25 53 1441 14.0 .519 .472 8.1 11.2 9.6 17.0 2.3 1.8 19.6 16.9 103 103 1.2 1.7 2.9
8 Lionel Hollins 25 64 1967 14.0 .496 .454 1.8 6.7 4.2 23.9 2.7 0.7 18.5 24.2 96 104 0.2 2.1 2.3
9 Larry Steele 29 72 1488 10.1 .477 .420 4.3 8.5 6.4 12.6 2.3 0.4 15.0 16.9 99 104 0.6 1.5 2.0
10 Clemon Johnson 22 74 794 12.1 .481 .470 11.5 20.3 15.8 12.8 1.3 2.5 20.7 15.6 97 101 0.1 1.1 1.2
11 Jim McMillian 30 23 278 11.9 .499 .446 6.3 9.3 7.8 15.3 1.7 0.6 16.1 14.1 106 105 0.3 0.2 0.5
12 Willie Smith 25 13 131 14.6 .563 .523 5.9 5.2 5.5 18.0 3.5 0.4 21.4 19.7 103 103 0.1 0.2 0.3
13 Ira Terrell 24 18 160 14.1 .561 .556 6.9 19.0 12.8 13.2 2.0 2.1 21.9 19.1 99 101 0.1 0.2 0.3
14 Lloyd Neal 28 4 48 -0.6 .393 .364 4.6 16.4 10.4 2.6 0.0 1.2 34.4 14.3 61 106 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
15 Kim Anderson 23 21 224 3.0 .353 .312 8.3 14.1 11.2 8.5 0.8 1.3 19.8 19.6 75 105 -0.6 0.2 -0.4

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Mychal Thompson 24 3 121 27 54 5 10 9 31 6 2 5 5 11 59 .500 .500 40.3 19.7 10.3 2.0
2 Ron Brewer 23 3 94 22 39 9 13 4 11 8 1 9 5 7 53 .564 .692 31.3 17.7 3.7 2.7
3 Larry Steele 29 3 73 16 28 8 9 6 11 7 10 0 3 8 40 .571 .889 24.3 13.3 3.7 2.3
4 Tom Owens 29 3 80 15 31 5 8 9 19 5 4 1 7 16 35 .484 .625 26.7 11.7 6.3 1.7
5 Maurice Lucas 26 3 104 14 41 5 7 2 32 18 3 1 11 12 33 .341 .714 34.7 11.0 10.7 6.0
6 Dave Twardzik 28 3 77 7 14 11 12 4 7 10 5 0 9 14 25 .500 .917 25.7 8.3 2.3 3.3
7 Lionel Hollins 25 3 66 8 26 5 7 1 3 5 3 0 7 8 21 .308 .714 22.0 7.0 1.0 1.7
8 Clemon Johnson 22 3 47 4 11 6 11 5 17 2 2 4 7 5 14 .364 .545 15.7 4.7 5.7 0.7
9 T.R. Dunn 23 3 52 5 11 0 0 2 6 4 5 0 1 7 10 .455 17.3 3.3 2.0 1.3
10 Ira Terrell 24 1 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.0 2.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Larry Steele 29 3 73 26.8 .626 .571 8.5 7.7 8.1 16.0 6.5 0.0 8.6 19.8 128 94 0.3 0.2 0.5
2 Ron Brewer 23 3 94 21.8 .593 .564 4.4 8.4 6.3 14.5 0.5 5.7 10.1 21.8 116 101 0.3 0.1 0.4
3 Mychal Thompson 24 3 121 17.7 .505 .500 7.7 20.5 13.8 8.3 0.8 2.5 7.9 21.6 105 100 0.2 0.2 0.3
4 Dave Twardzik 28 3 77 11.6 .648 .500 5.4 4.4 4.9 17.8 3.1 0.0 31.8 15.2 103 101 0.1 0.1 0.2
5 T.R. Dunn 23 3 52 10.7 .455 .455 4.0 8.7 6.2 10.6 4.6 0.0 8.3 9.5 103 97 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Tom Owens 29 3 80 14.0 .507 .484 11.7 14.1 12.8 9.9 2.4 0.7 16.9 21.4 97 100 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Clemon Johnson 22 3 47 10.8 .442 .364 11.0 28.7 19.5 5.8 2.0 5.1 30.6 20.1 75 94 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Ira Terrell 24 1 6 -15.4 .000 .000 0.0 37.5 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.5 0 101 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Maurice Lucas 26 3 104 10.2 .374 .341 2.0 32.5 16.6 25.3 1.4 0.6 20.0 21.9 78 98 -0.2 0.2 -0.1
10 Lionel Hollins 25 3 66 2.6 .361 .308 1.6 3.4 2.5 10.8 2.2 0.0 19.4 22.6 70 103 -0.2 0.1 -0.2

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bob Gross $250,000
2 Dave Twardzik $90,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)